Press Releases

BOSTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management has been selected to receive $306,441 in grants to provide technical assistance to businesses to develop and adopt pollution prevention (P2) practices in local communities. 

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Gabe Amo (RI-01) announced Rhode Island was awarded $24,063,792 in funding for LIHEAP administered through the Administration for Children and Families’ Office of Community Services at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. This funding will help individuals and families with low incomes pay their home heating costs this winter, and with cooling bills in the summer.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Gabe Amo (RI-01) urged the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina M. Khan to help prevent elder fraud in Rhode Island. In the letter, Congressman Amo highlights that Rhode Island is one of ten states to see the largest increase in elder fraud between 2022 and 2023.

PROVIDENCE, RI – In an effort to improve public safety and help better protect vulnerable faith-based institutions and nonprofits, Rhode Island’s Congressional delegation delivered a significant boost in homeland security funding and is urging local nonprofits and faith-based institutions to apply for federal funds under the

Pawtucket, RI – Today, Congressman Gabe Amo (RI-01) concluded his Blue Economy tour of Rhode Island’s First Congressional District and introduced critical new legislation as the capstone.

PROVIDENCE, RI – Ahead of the 25th annual National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, which starts October 20 and runs through the 26th, U.S.